Differentiate kinetic energy from potential energy

The main difference between potential and kinetic energy is that one is the energy of what can be and one is the energy of what is. In other words, potential energy is stationary, with stored energy to be released; kinetic energy is energy in motion, actively using energy for movement.

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Potential energy is the energy that happens before kinetic energy, it might be slow and preparing for the kinetic energy act. Kinetic energy is the outcome of the potential energy. You can say a man climbing a hill with his bike is potential energy, and when he rides his bike down is kinetic energy

i would think form in reponse to tensional forces